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1. coil
verb. ['ˈkɔɪl'] to wind or move in a spiral course.
Synonyms
- turn
- gyrate
Antonyms
- repel
- stay in place
- malfunction
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
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Rhymes with Coil
- statoil
- guilfoil
- embroil
- britoil
- oleoyl
- lukoil
- gatoil
- spoil
- oboyle
- o'boyle
- croyle
- broil
- toil
- soil
- royle
- roil
- moyle
- moyl
- hoyle
- foyle
- foil
- doyle
- coyle
- boyle
- boil
How do you pronounce coil?
Pronounce coil as kɔɪl.
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Sentences with coil
1. Noun, singular or mass
You can then pull the coil up and off of the spark plug.
Quotes about coil
1. What matters creative endless toil, When, at a snatch, oblivion ends the coil?
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust: Der Tragödie erster und zweiter Teil. Urfaust
2. coil
noun. ['ˈkɔɪl'] a structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops.
Synonyms
- structure
- hank
- volute
- whorl
- helix
- construction
Antonyms
- undock
- follower
- natural depression
- follow
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
3. coil
noun. ['ˈkɔɪl'] a contraceptive device placed inside a woman's womb.
Synonyms
- contraceptive device
- birth control device
- preventative
- preventive
- prophylactic device
Antonyms
- derived
- original
- essential
- primary
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
4. coil
noun. ['ˈkɔɪl'] reactor consisting of a spiral of insulated wire that introduces inductance into a circuit.
Synonyms
- primary winding
- head
- read/write head
- primary
- secondary coil
- secondary winding
- astatic coils
- solenoid
- induction coil
- tickler coil
- field winding
- primary coil
- choke coil
- choking coil
- secondary
- field coil
- reactor
- choke
Antonyms
- reverse
- tail
- foot
- last
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
5. coil
verb. ['ˈkɔɪl'] make without a potter's wheel.
Synonyms
- forge
- hand-build
- shape
- work
- mould
- handbuild
- form
Antonyms
- be well
- stimulate
- deprive
- unbend
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
6. coil
verb. ['ˈkɔɪl'] wind around something in coils or loops.
Synonyms
- twine
- curl
- loop
- wrap
- wind
Antonyms
- uncoil
- survive
- unclog
- unstuff
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
7. coil
noun. ['ˈkɔɪl'] tubing that is wound in a spiral.
Synonyms
- condenser
- tube
Antonyms
- secondary
- unoriginal
- unimportant
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
8. coil
noun. ['ˈkɔɪl'] a transformer that supplies high voltage to spark plugs in a gasoline engine.
Antonyms
- dominant
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)
9. coil
noun. ['ˈkɔɪl'] a round shape formed by a series of concentric circles (as formed by leaves or flower petals).
Synonyms
- curlicue
- gyre
- scroll
- verticil
- round shape
- whorl
- curl
- ringlet
- calyx
- roll
Antonyms
- major
- fast reactor
- thermal reactor
- be born
Etymology
- coillir (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
- colligere (Latin)